Before Lu Ning arrived in Zhangzhou, the news had already spread to Fujian.

The prefect of Zhangzhou and the political envoy of Fujian had already heard that an earl had come to repair the road and let them serve it well.

At this time, Zhang Yourong, the political envoy of Fujian, was speaking to Chen Hai, the prefect of Zhangzhou.

"Chen Futai, you should know that this Lord Lu who wants to come to your Zhangzhou to build roads is highly respected by the imperial court, and in just over a year, he has been promoted from a baron to an earl, and it is also possible to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister or be crowned a prince in the future."

Chen Hai, the prefect of Zhangzhou, naturally understood this truth in his heart, and he said it immediately.

"Lord Zhang, you don't need to say much, Xia Guan has also been mixed in officialdom for many years, of course he knows the doorway here, as long as we serve Lord Lu well, naturally he will be prosperous in the future, if he offends him, then it will be the end of his career."

Zhang Yourong nodded, but he continued to add.

"If you really offend this lord, it's not that your career is at the end, but your head is about to move, have you prepared any gifts to give?"

Chen Hai smiled mysteriously before he said.

"We don't have any other specialties here, so I specially bought a few young girls and asked them to serve around the lord and chat to relieve loneliness."

Zhang Yourong looked at Chen Hai with a lewd face, with a look of you knowing, nodded and said.

"Okay, your kid seems to be quite good, so that's it, send another team of scouts right away to see when the lord can come over."

As soon as he finished speaking, a horse came in front of him, and a flag officer dressed as a six-rank military attache stepped forward.

"Which one is Lord Chen of Zhangzhou?"

Although Chen Hai is the prefect of the fourth grade, he also knows in his heart that this flag official is the forerunner of Lu Ning, so naturally he can't be offended.

So, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand, and said very politely.

"The next official is the prefect of Zhangzhou, who leads the officials of the yamen, and has been waiting for the lord here for a long time, I don't know when the lord will be able to arrive at the official pavilion?"

The flag officer smiled before speaking.

"The prefect is also a heart, the lord will be able to arrive here in a day, you must prepare all the materials for the construction first, so as not to be busy when you get it."

After speaking, he rode away on his own, but at this time, Zhang Yourong gritted his teeth and said to Chen Hai.

"Chen Futai, even if it is a robbery, there is no such a robbery, your appearance is too ugly, and the official is also here to wait with you, why didn't you introduce it to the flag officer."

Chen Hai then remembered that there was a boss next to him, and he always wanted to tie up with the lord, but he forgot about this boss at the top, and he sued again and again.

But. At this time, Zhang Yourong was not in the mood to worry much about him, after all, he still had to wait until Lu Ning arrived.

At noon the next day, Lu Ning finally came to the pick-up pavilion.

Seeing that all the big and small officials were waiting here, he said directly.

"Everyone, I came here to build a road on the order of the imperial court, and I also took the opportunity of building the road to help the victims, you don't go to your own errands, what are you waiting for me here?"

The officials all have the expressions you know, and they think that Lu Ning is just making a show.

At this time, Chen Hai, the prefect of Zhangzhou, suddenly said to Lu Ning.

"Lord Lu, the next official is Chen Hai, the prefect of Zhangzhou, and Lord Hefantai has been waiting for you here for a long time, if you don't mind, I would like to ask you to speak further."

Lu Ning didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this prefect's gourd, so he arched his hand to the officials and said.

"Everyone, please wait a moment, since Governor Chen has something to say, then I will go over there with him to talk first."

When he came to the back of the pavilion, Chen Hai knelt down directly, and then said.

"Xia Guan has been waiting for the lord for a long time, but I still present a gift book to let you know the filial piety of Xia Guan."

After hearing this, Lu Ning frowned directly, it seems that this prefect is taking advantage of his arrival to make a good impression and pave the way for his future career.

However, he is not bad for money, and he is even more reluctant to make friends with local officials, so he has some dislike in his heart.

It's hard to beat the smiling man with a fist, so he directly took the gift book and looked at it, which completely stunned him.

The things listed on the gift list, roughly estimated, are also worth four or five thousand taels of silver.

What's more, there are six stunning beauties on this gift list, what the hell is going on, Lu Ning really can't figure it out.

"Chen Futai, what do you mean by this? Can it be that beauties can also be given as gifts, is it your Zhangzhou rich in beauties, or your old Chen family is rich in beauties! ”

Chen Hai didn't open his eyes, he still thought that Lu Ning was acting coyly, and he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all.

He looked at Lu Ning with a flattering expression, and then said in a low voice.

"Sir, please rest assured, these women are all girls from good families, just because there is indeed no way in this world now, some poor places can't eat, and they can only sell themselves, and the lower officials spend money to buy them to serve the lord, which is also a filial piety."

Lu Ning couldn't hold back his temper, threw the gift slip to the ground, and said loudly to Chen Hai.

"Where has your face gone? As a parent official of a house, you don't feel worried about the poor people in Zhangzhou who can't eat, but you use this to buy and sell girls from good families, you are a two-list jinshi background, have you read all the books into the dog's stomach? ”

Chen Hai was stunned for an instant, this was not the same scene he expected, could it be that this Lord Lu was really different from others?